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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-46--36398593 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Hi Steve, European Ivy is in the genus Hedera, in the family Araliaceae. It's not native here and hasn't become naturalized anywhere in Nova Scotia. I don't know if there is any planted in Nova Scotia, but even if there is, I think it it would probably be unlikely to have associated insects. Wish I could provide more information. Cheers! Chris On 7-Aug-07, at 11:59 PM, Stephen Shaw wrote: > Hi all, > A biologist who's briefly visiting from UK and who I mentioned here > earlier has > just asked me if there is any native ivy in Nova Scotia. We have had > considerable success in collecting locally several species of > jumping bugs > (Homoptera -- treehoppers, leafhoppers, froghoppers -- thanks Chris > and others > for earlier info on these). He's also interested in a particular > group that in > UK lives exclusively on the dark green creeping ivy that is common > climbing up > walls and buildings there (I don't know the species name). He's > interested in > the phenomenal jump mechanism of this varied group of jumpers, > which has > something in common with the operation of a crossbow. > > Does anyone have any ideas to offer on ivy? If so, could you > recommend a > location for ivy in or fairly near Halifax (say as far as > Wolfville) that we > could visit? Alternatively, presumably there will be some stands > of introduced > UK ivy over here as well. I know where to find some Virginia > Creeper, but > which I suspect may not be closely related. > > Any info would be welcome even if it is negative on the presence of > "ivy". He is > here only for another 10 days. > Steve _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. Christopher Majka - Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History 1747 Summer Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 (902) 424-6435 Email <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca> _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._. _. --Apple-Mail-46--36398593 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Steve,<DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>European Ivy is in the = genus Hedera,=A0in the family Araliaceae. It's not native here and = hasn't become naturalized anywhere in Nova Scotia. I don't know if there = is any planted in Nova Scotia, but even if there is, I think it it would = probably be unlikely to have associated insects. Wish I could provide = more information.</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers!</DIV><DIV><BR = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV= >On 7-Aug-07, at 11:59 PM, Stephen Shaw wrote:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Hi all,</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">A biologist = who's briefly visiting from UK and who I mentioned here earlier = has</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">just asked me if there is any = native ivy in Nova Scotia.<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>We have had</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">considerable success in = collecting locally several species of jumping bugs</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">(Homoptera -- treehoppers, leafhoppers, froghoppers = -- thanks Chris and others</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">for earlier = info on these). He's also interested in a particular group that = in</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">UK lives exclusively on the dark green creeping = ivy that is common climbing up</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">walls and = buildings there (I don't know the species name).<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>He's interested in</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">the phenomenal jump mechanism of this varied group = of jumpers, which has</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">something in common with = the operation of a crossbow.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: = 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Does anyone have any ideas to = offer on ivy?<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>If so, = could you recommend a</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">location for ivy in or = fairly near Halifax (say as far as Wolfville) that we</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">could visit?<SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 = </SPAN>Alternatively, presumably there will be some stands of = introduced</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">UK ivy over here as well.<SPAN = class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0 </SPAN>I know where to find some = Virginia Creeper, but</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">which I suspect may not be = closely related.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Any info would be welcome even if it is negative on = the presence of "ivy". He is</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">here only for = another 10 days.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Steve</DIV> = </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV> <P style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px = 0.0px"><FONT face=3D"Times" siz